CURRENT MISSION

Seek discomfort.

ABOUT ME

Asian guy, Born in Europe, Living in Africa.

I play violin, guitar and tennis.
I speak 4 languages and have traveled to 15+ countries.

PHILOSOPHY

The world is but one country, and all mankind its citizen.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

My home is yours. I live in a nice apartment near downtown Tunis.
Besides, I can offer language lessons, music lessons, and my friends say that I am a good listener :) ...

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I met with awesome people, built genuine friendships and learnt about different cultures and ways to live.
Discovering a city through its local inhabitants is the best way to know the true charm of a town...

Interests

depth, meaning and fulfillment.

• culture
• traveling
• music
• guitar
• violin
• tennis
• languages
• volunteering

Music, Movies, and Books

I love experiencing music through jamming or concert attendance...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Got 4 scholarships to USA.
Hundreds and hundreds of hours of volunteering.

Teach, Learn, Share

The 5 lessons I've learned during traveling so far are:
1. Accept reality and act upon it – it’s very easy to get trapped in an ideal world where things should be different. Accept what things really are and act as they are, not as they hypothetically should be.
2. Whole human-being is not a theory, it is a fact – humans are not rational machines. There is at least 3 equal parts in humans: emotion, sensation and rational. Tap into those 3 human perspectives to connect with people more effectively.
3. Have a strong vision for direction and put all your efforts in it – focus, focus, focus, while also taking an active decision to not focus on some things, important or urgent as they might be. If you need to do many things that are not on the vision or your vision is wrong/incomplete or your work is wrong.
4. Going abroad gives you a bigger, better perspective on the world – Living in Newfoundland, I think we are truly limited by geography. It is difficult and expensive to travel, but it is so essential to our development. We have such a narrow view on the world and humanity. We don’t get to experience as many different cultures as people in Hamburg, for example. Besides that, the only way to truly understand a culture is to immerse yourself in it. Get some perspective; get out there!
5. Focus, focus, focus – you know you can’t build Rome in a day, but you also can’t build it all at the same time. So choose wisely what you want your organization to be doing and focus on it as hell with consistent behavior and messages that reinforce what you want to focus on.

Countries I’ve Visited

Andorra, Belgium, Denmark, Egypt, France, Germany, Italy, Jordan, Monaco, Norway, San Marino, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, United States, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

Tunisia, United States